Asbestos Removal in Arlington, Texas

Grand Prairie Asbestos Removal serves Arlington homeowners, landlords and business owners who need asbestos tested or taken out before a remodel or a teardown. We sample first, so removal covers only what comes back positive.

Arlington has roughly 153,000 homes by Census estimates, and about a third of them were built before 1980.

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A 1970s bedroom with a popcorn ceiling marked by a brown water stain, room emptied

Example project

Two-story 1980s garden apartment building with a brick lower floor, painted siding above, an outside walkway and open stairs under live oaks

Survey of walkway ceilings, stair undersides and laundry rooms at a garden apartment building

Example project

Building: 1980s two-story garden apartment building in Arlington, more than four units, brick lower floor, siding above, outside walkways and open stairs, live oaks
Original request: Repaint and repair the walkway ceilings, the undersides of the stairs and the laundry rooms
Survey: Walkway ceilings, stair undersides, soffits, two laundry rooms and two vacant units: 30 samples
Found: Asbestos in the texture on the walkway ceilings and in the laundry rooms
Clear: The stair undersides, the soffits and the two vacant units
State notice: None for a survey; any removal in the building is noticed 10 working days ahead
Survey cost: $2,900

In this example, the owner of a 1980s garden apartment building in Arlington plans to repaint and repair the outside walkway ceilings, the undersides of the stairs and the two laundry rooms. The building has more than four units, so a survey comes before the repairs. Thirty samples are taken with residents in place.

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Asbestos removal services

Testing before a remodel

No single answer fits every house in a city this size. Our testing and surveys send samples from the ceiling, floor or wall your project will touch to a lab, so you decide with a report in hand.

Ceilings and floors

Arlington added about 28,300 homes in the 1970s and 40,500 in the 1980s. Sprayed texture from those years may contain asbestos, which is why popcorn ceilings are tested before anyone scrapes. Old tile and sheet vinyl under newer flooring get the same treatment in our floor tile and sheet vinyl work.

Apartments and rentals

About 46% of Arlington homes are renter-occupied, and one in four sits in a building with five or more units. Those larger buildings fall under the state asbestos rules, so we plan unit turns and whole-building work for apartments and rentals around your residents.

Shops, offices and teardowns

Commercial space needs a survey before renovation, and a building teardown follows the state rules for its type. See commercial remodels and pre-demolition abatement for how we line up the survey and the cleanup.

Homes by decade

Census estimates show Arlington’s housing leaning toward the 1970s and 1980s rather than earlier years.

What the estimates show

Arlington built about 51,200 homes before 1980, or 33.4% of the total. That is roughly 28,300 during the 1970s, 11,900 during the 1960s and 9,400 during the 1950s. Just 1.1% predate 1950, and about 40,500 more date from the 1980s.

Testing matters more than the date

Materials from a later decade, or salvaged from an older house, can change the answer for one room. That is why we sample the surface instead of going by the build date.

Permits and paperwork

By itself, a single house or a building with up to four units does not bring the Texas asbestos rules into play. Testing before a remodel is still a good idea; EPA recommends an accredited inspector and a qualified lab over do-it-yourself sampling.

Ask the city’s building inspections staff which permit paperwork applies. Under state rules, a survey comes before renovation or demolition for commercial buildings and for buildings with five or more units, with a state notice when the rules call for one.

Frequently asked questions

Does Arlington need proof of a survey for a commercial permit?

Texas lets a city issue a renovation or demolition permit for a public or commercial building only with a survey or an architect or engineer certification in hand. Ask the city’s building inspections staff what it needs with your application.

Do you work in Arlington?

Yes. Call to confirm your address.

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